Matthew was looking to join up with usertesting.com, where you are paid to test websites and apps. The company works with the likes of Microsoft, Apple and CNN and he found their terms of use rather curious. "This particular sentence was probably the oneof most interest: 'I perpetually and irrevocably give Company [clearly they didn't proofread this copied text] my consent and authorisation to use my likeness, including without limitation my name, image, persona, performance, actions, and statements, including testimonial or commentary ... I waive any right to see or approve any recording of my Likeness and any materials in which my Likeness is used. I agree and understand that my Likeness may be modified and that my own name, a fictitious name, or no name may be used in association with my Likeness.' Wonder if anyone out there has lost their identity?"
Natural comfort trends go global
Young women are embracing a natural type of beauty by ceasing to shave their armpit hair and wearing trendy "nana pants". The pit movement started with Chinese activist Xiao Meili, who posted a picture of her tufted underarm on Instagram and asked her followers to do the same. Miley Cyrus followed suit, and then Madonna. The trend spread across the web as women began to colour their armpit hair fantastic shades. As for undies, comfort over cliche is also on-trend. According to the New York Times "nana pants" are making a comeback among millennials, claiming sales of high-waisted, fuller-coverage undergarments have climbed 17 per cent in the past year, while sales of arguably uncomfortable thongs have dropped 7 per cent.
1. Connie Grice writes: "Once, our daughter Dawn, who was just 2, loved the Beatles song Yellow Submarine. Dawn loved that song, and as it played she would be singing 'We all live in a yellow rubber ring.' Ever since, over 50 years later, I still remember her singing it and I sing those words myself."
2. "When I was a kid I thought the line ' ... the wants and the needs of a woman your age' from the song Ruby by Kenny Rogers was ' ... and the warts on the knees of a woman your age'. Made sense to me at the time."
Dialogue with 13-year-old
"Me [to daughter]: Good night. I love you. Daughter: "Good night. I love your food, shelter and money."
